our fellows
Fellows contribute regularly to the Institute"s activities
István Bartmanaging director
István has twenty years of experience in climate policy development and management on a European and national level. He is the founding director of the Climate Strategy 2050 Institute and an associate at Klímapolitika Research and Consultancy Ltd. Between 2011 and 2015 he served as the founding director of the Hungarian Energy Efficiency Institute. Between 2005 and 2011 he worked at the Directorate General for Climate at the European Commission in Brussels, where he worked on emissions trading, adaptation, cohesion policy and the international climate negotiations. Between 2002 and 2005 he worked in the Hungarian public administration on implementing the EU Emissions Trading Scheme in Hungary. He has degrees in law and political science and urban planning. He publishes and speaks regularly on matters related to climate policy.
email: [email protected]
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Our associates
Fanni Sáfián |
Dóra Csernus |
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Fanni graduated from Eötvös Loránd Science University as a Geographer (Enrvironmental Researcher), She is currently finalising her PhD disseration on modelling sustainable energy pathways for Hungary. She studied Sustainable Energy Planning and Management at Aalborg University, Denmark with a focus on hourly detailed complex energy modelling for countries and regions. She participated in several research projects about energy visions focusing on renewable energy integration and sustainable local solutions (Vision Hungary 2040, Alternative Energy Scenarios for Hungary, SEAPs and SECAPs, Small Local Communities Programme etc.) and published her results in leading peer-reviewed journals and book chapters.
She has been volunteering for several professional NGOs since 2007 and also actively participated numerous international trainings and professional programs about energy transitions, including Empowering European Citizens, Energy Summer Schools, and Climate KIC Pioneers in Practice. Fanni has previously worked for Energiaklub Climate Policy Institute and Applied Communications where she participated in Hungarian and international research projects on energy modelling, energy projections and GHG inventories. During her work, she emphasises the social side of energy management because she believes that the psychology of consumption and community-based solutions are key issues for the future. She speaks English and German fluently. email: [email protected]
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Dóra has worked on environmental sustainability for more than 10 years. She holds an MSc in Economics with specialisation in EU integration from the University of Szeged and an MSc in Geopolitics from the Institut Français de Géopolitique at Paris 8 University.
As an expert in environmental issues, she has worked for several public administration bodies. Her experience ranges from climate change policy development through water management, waste management, nature conservation and biodiversity, to the teaching of sustainable development, mainly environmental economics, for university students. She was member of the Hungarian team that negotiated and tailored the EU’s climate-energy package for the 2010-2020 period, and participated in several UNFCCC and EU meetings on climate change. She endeavoured to develop a holistic approach to questions related to water resource protection, and was responsible for the interpretation to decision makers of the EU Waste Framework Directive and Hungary’s National Strategy for the Conservation of Biodiversity. She is bilingual in Hungarian and French and fluent in English. email: csernus.dora@gmail.com
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